Syllabus
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Course Code: *Program Elective-I MTBT-107 Course Name: Microbial Diversity |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Microbial Evolution and Systematics. Early Earth and the origin and diversification of life. Microbial evolution andsystematic.
Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Archaea and Bacterial Domains. Overview. Bacterial Diversity: The phylogeny of bacteria. Phototrophic, Chemolithotrophic and MethanotrophicProteobacteria. Aerobic and Facultatively Aerobic Chemoorganotrophic Proteobacteria. Morphologically unusual Proteobacteria. Delta and Epsilonproteobacteria. |
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| 2 | Overview of Gram positive and other bacteria. Actinobacteria.Cyanobacteria and Prochlorophytes. Chlamydia. Planctomyces/ Pirellula. Verrucomicrobia. Flavobacteria. Cytophaga Group. Green Sulphur and Non-Sulphur Bacteria. Spirochetes. Dienococci. Hyperthermophilic Bacteria- Nitrospira and Deferribacter | |
| 3 | Archaeal Diversity. Phylogeny and general metabolism. Euryarchaeota. Crenarchaeota. Evolution and life at hightemperature | |
| 4 | Eukaryotic and Viral Diversity. Phylogeny of Eukarya. Protists, Fungi, Unicellular Red and Green Algae. ViralDiversity. Viruses of
Bacteria and Archaea. RNA and DNA viruses of Eukaryotes. Retroviruses and Hepadnaviruses. Culture independent studies of microorganisms – metagenomics: principles and applications – steps in construction of a metagenomes – examples of metagenomic studies – metagenomics as a tool to reveal the vast microbial diversity. |
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